I was given a copy of Black Sabbath's Paraniod on 8 track in 1978 or so

How could I resist... War Pigs, Electric Funeral, Hand of Doom, Fairies wear boots

I got Master of Reality on vinyl days later with my lawn mowing money... within that summer I bought everything they had released

I had wanted to play bass since I was around 8 or so. My Gramps was a country western picker and had me on stage as a "page flipper". I was seated in front of a 2x15 fender cab with a guy thumping a p-bass.... I couldn't catch my breath for 2 hours, I loved it and wanted that power!!!

I started a little earlier than the Yes era. I think it was the simplicity of the bass part in Mony Mony and Born on the Bayou that got me started. Just a few years later it was What is Hip and a lot of other ToP stuff. Roundabout was definitely in there somewhere though.